Oversea

Oversea is the capital city of the Duchy of Zeemarch, in Bastonia. Oversea Bastion, its fortified heart, is the seat of power of the Duke of Oversea. The city is home to several schools of arcane knowledge, and the head cathedrals of the orders of San Sylvester and San Marino. It is one of only two metropolises in Bastonia, the other being the capital city, Whiterock.

The city contains both a suburban environ (the Oversea March), a walled-off Old City, and a fortified core in Oversea Bastion. It is built atop high chalk cliffs above the western sea.

Geography

Oversea is build on a high bank of white chalk cliffs, and is somewhat radially arranged. Its high ground, Oversea Bastion, is suspended magically over the sea, with the old city being downhill away from the ocean, and the march beyond that. The area is rocky and difficult to farm, but Oversea also oversees the largest foreign trade port in all of Bastonia, and a supporting settlement known as the Lower City.

Economy

The economy of Oversea is second to none among all the cities in the Kingdom of Bastonia, owing to its trade with the coastal city-states of the Shimmering Shores and heavy support for Ars Magica, the premier schools and laboratories of which exist within this city.

Politics

The Duke of Zeemarch, often also the Count of Oversea, is third in line to the throne by tradition, behind the Dukes of Bastonia and Estmarch. Politically, Oversea is highly conservative, with the focus on remaining the dominant centre of trade with the wider world.